"The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a 1980 British mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas. It centres on the British punk rock band Sex Pistols and, most prominently, their manager Malcolm McLaren. Guitarist Steve Jones plays a shady private detective who - through a series of set piece acts - uncovers the truth about the band. Drummer Paul Cook and bass guitarist Sid Vicious play smaller roles, and the band's manager, Malcolm McLaren, is featured as ""The Embezzler"", the man who manipulates the Sex Pistols."
"The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (song) ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" is the title song of ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" movie soundtrack album. The single was released on 12 September 1979 and featured vocals by Edward Tudor-Pole on both sides. According to producer Dave Goodman, both songs were recorded at The Who's Ramport Studios with himself playing bass on both tracks. According to Edward Tudor-Pole, the song originally featured lead vocals by Steve Jones. The final vocals were recorded live on the second day of an audition for singers specially filmed for inclusion in The Great"
"Rock 'n' Roll Swindle movie. Vocal takes by Edward Tudor-Pole and three others were recorded and later edited together. According to the soundtrack album record sleeve, filming and recording took place at the Duchess Theatre in June 1978, however John Lydon wrote in his autobiography that it was actually the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park near his parents' home. Vocals for the B-side, ""“Rock Around The Clock”"", were recorded several weeks later. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (song) ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" is the title song of ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" movie soundtrack album. The"
"by all the members of the band. The album title is a reference to the film ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"". The Great Rocksteady Swindle The Great Rocksteady Swindle is the twelfth studio album from New York City ska band The Slackers. It was released on April 20, 2010 on Hellcat Records. The Great Rocksteady Swindle was intended to showcase a more spontaneous, less produced side of the band. The album was recorded in three days in Berlin while the band was on tour. All six members of the band were asked to contribute songs and a total of"
"in 1980, ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" still largely reflects McLaren's vision. It is a fictionalized, farcical, partially animated retelling of the band's history and aftermath with McLaren in the lead role, Jones as second lead, and contributions from Vicious (including his memorable performance of ""My Way"") and Cook. It incorporates promotional videos shot for ""God Save the Queen"" and ""Pretty Vacant"" and extensive documentary footage as well, much of it focusing on Rotten. In Temple's description, he and McLaren conceived it as a ""very stylized...polemic"". They were reacting to the fact that the Pistols had become the ""poster"
"members Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious had left the band by this time, the story of the group is told from the viewpoint of their manager, Malcolm McLaren. ""The Great Rock And Roll Swindle"" tells of the rise of The Sex Pistols, apparently as manipulated by McLaren, and how he had shaped the band throughout their short career. Many of the 'facts' given by McLaren were disputed by John Lydon (who had dropped the Johnny Rotten name after leaving the band), who accused McLaren of using the film to attack him personally. This helped split opinion on the film as,"
"Roll Swindle"" he set this plan out. McLaren kept the Sex Pistols' contract rights until Lydon took him to court in the 1980s to win the rights and unpaid revenues from McLaren. Lydon won and gained complete control from McLaren in 1987. McLaren and Lydon refused to speak to each other after the band split. In the 2000 film ""The Filth and the Fury"", the surviving members of the Sex Pistols put their version of events on film. McLaren was approached by Adam Ant to manage Adam and the Ants following their debut album release in late 1979. Shortly thereafter,"
"couple of tracks in which other artists cover Sex Pistols classics. Four Top Ten singles were culled from the ""Swindle"" recordings, one more than had appeared on ""Never Mind the Bollocks"". The 1978 ""No One Is Innocent""/""My Way"" was followed in 1979 by Vicious's cover of ""Something Else"" (number three, and the biggest-selling single ever under the Sex Pistols name); Jones singing an original, ""Silly Thing"" (number six); and Vicious's second Cochran cover, ""C'mon Everybody"" (number three). Two more singles from the soundtrack were put out under the Pistols brand—Tudor-Pole, among others, singing ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" and"
"Over the next several months, the three other band members recorded songs for McLaren's film version of the Sex Pistols' story, ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"". Vicious died of a heroin overdose in February 1979, following his arrest for the alleged murder of his girlfriend. In 1996, Rotten, Jones, Cook and Matlock reunited for the Filthy Lucre Tour; through 2008, they staged further reunion shows and tours. On 24 February 2006, the Sex Pistols—the four original members plus Vicious—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum ""a"
"Strand evolved into the Sex Pistols. After the Sex Pistols suddenly broke up after their final concert in San Francisco on 14 January 1978, Cook and Jones initially worked on the soundtrack to Julien Temple's film, ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle."" The two also recorded a few songs using the Sex Pistols name, Cook singing lead on the album version of the song ""Silly Thing"". The pair then started a new band, The Professionals, with Andy Allan. Allan caused some legal problems; he played bass on ""Silly Thing"" and the first few Professionals recordings, but had no recording contract"
"Roli Mosimann. Track 3 is remixed by Moby. The song is used in ""Clerks II"" and during the credits of ""Gran Turismo 5"". It was also released as downloadable content for ""Guitar Hero World Tour"". It was also part of the soundtrack of ""Grand Theft Auto IV"" as part of the fictional Liberty Rock Radio station until April 2018 when Rockstar Games' ten-year license to the song expired. 1979 (song) ""1979"" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, ""Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"","
"with this song, the group's shock tactics crossed the line into gratuitous bad taste. In an interview conducted for ""Q"" magazine in 1996 he stated ""[the song] was a very nasty, silly little thing... that should've ended up on the cutting room floor"". He also took the opportunity to claim responsibility for the lyrics. Many of these describe a grotesque, sarcastic version of what occurred. The opening lines are: The song appears in two versions on ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" album, first a live version from the Sex Pistols' last concert (San Francisco, 14 January 1978), then in"
"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll ""Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll"" is a song by American rock band The Killers, included as a bonus track on select editions of their debut studio album, ""Hot Fuss"" (2004). The song was issued as a promotional single in the United Kingdom in 2004. The song has resulted in much misunderstanding; the lyrics are an ironic take on hipster culture. In August 2009, frontman Brandon Flowers told ""Time Out Chicago"": ""There's so much snobbery. You go through high school and all the paranoia and crap that goes with that. It's bullshit. I just didn't want"
"The Great Rocksteady Swindle The Great Rocksteady Swindle is the twelfth studio album from New York City ska band The Slackers. It was released on April 20, 2010 on Hellcat Records. The Great Rocksteady Swindle was intended to showcase a more spontaneous, less produced side of the band. The album was recorded in three days in Berlin while the band was on tour. All six members of the band were asked to contribute songs and a total of 25 tracks were recorded, 15 of which appear on the final album. It is the first Slackers album to feature songs written"
"UK pop charts, and appears on the albums ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" and ""Flogging a Dead Horse"". The B-side of both the 7"" and 12"" pressings was Sid Vicious's infamous rendering of Claude François, Jacques Revaux and Paul Anka's ""My Way"". The song was recorded at an unknown 16-track studio in Rio de Janeiro during Jones' and Cook's stay from mid-January to late February 1978. Lyrics and vocals were provided by Ronald Biggs: ""The record was made in a church studio in Rio with the priest present, who seemed very happy. We were rather drunk by the time"
"""Ouch!"" In 1979, Idle and Fataar issued a single as ""Dirk and Stig""—""Ging Gang Goolie"" backed with ""Mr. Sheene"". This was Idle's only appearance on a Rutles-related disc. Throughout the 1980s, the Rutles did not exist. In 1982, the Rutles were involved in a record scandal reminiscent of the one surrounding the Beatles' ""Yesterday and Today"" album. Rhino Records, at the time a small Los Angeles label specialising in off-beat releases, released an album that it called ""Beatlesongs"", purportedly a collection of Beatles novelty songs but actually a weird catch-all of assorted Beatles-related tunes. For the collection, Rhino licensed the"
"1979 (song) ""1979"" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album, ""Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"", ""1979"" was written by frontman Billy Corgan, and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs. The song was written as a coming of age story by Corgan. In the year 1979, Corgan was 12 and this is what he considered his transition into adolescence. The song was popular with critics and fans; Allmusic's Amy Hanson called it a ""somewhat surprising hit"". The song"
"himself (under the moniker of Eddie Tenpole) came to prominence by appearing in the 1980 film, ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" (filmed in 1978). He was originally billed as a replacement for Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten — performing the songs ""Who Killed Bambi?"", ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" and a cover version of ""Rock Around The Clock"" for the film and subsequent soundtrack — however, manager Malcolm McLaren and the remaining Sex Pistols instead decided to abandon the group and go their own ways. Tenpole Tudor recorded a single on WEA Records with the A-side being ""Real"
"at the Isle of Wight Festival. Others gave the false artist name ""Dupre and his Miracle Sound"" (cf. genuine group Simon Dupree and the Big Sound), along with false track titles. The ""Great White Wonder"" sparked a fake bootleg recording that began as a gag by editors at ""Rolling Stone"" magazine. The album, ""The Masked Marauders"", was supposedly recorded during a jam session between Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. A review of the non-existent album ran in ""Rolling Stone"" on October 18, 1969. The write-up sparked enough inquiries from readers that a band was hired to record"
"we came to make the recording, which explains why it may have appeared a little out of tune. We also recorded 'Belsen Was A Gas', which I must say I wasn't too happy about, and I was relieved that it didn't appear on the other side of 'No One Is Innocent', I did find these words a little disgusting."" The second song recorded, ""Belsen Was A Gas"", turned up on the movie soundtrack album of ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" in 1979. Overdubs to both songs were recorded at Wessex Studios in London with engineer Bill Price. The backing"
"Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy ""Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"" is a song by British hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The track was released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album ""Desolation Angels"". While not the band's highest charting single in America, it is their best selling, having been certified Gold by the RIAA. The song would peak at number 13 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1979, ultimately climbing to number 54 for the ""Billboard"" Year-End singles chart in that year. Written by vocalist Paul Rodgers, the song was inspired by a guitar synthesizer riff he had"
"the rise, decline and fall of the Sex Pistols from their humble beginnings in London's Shepherd's Bush to their disintegration at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Temple puts the band into historical context with Britain's social situation in the 1970s through archival footage from the period. This film was seen in some ways as an opportunity for the Pistols to tell their side of the story, mostly through interviews with the surviving members of the group, footage shot during the era, and outtakes from ""The Great Rock and Roll Swindle"". The soundtrack to the film was released in 2002."
"with ""Goodnight Tonight"" (1979), Queen with ""Another One Bites the Dust"" (1980), the Rolling Stones with ""Miss You"" (1978) and ""Emotional Rescue"" (1980), Electric Light Orchestra's ""Shine a Little Love"" and ""Last Train to London"" (both 1979), Chicago did ""Street Player"" (1979), the Kinks did ""(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"" (1979), the Grateful Dead did ""Shakedown Street"", and the J. Geils Band did ""Come Back"" (1980). Even hard rock group KISS jumped in with ""I Was Made For Lovin' You"" (1979). Ringo Starr's album ""Ringo the 4th"" (1978) features a strong disco influence. The disco sound was also adopted"
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll ""Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"" is a song and single by Ian Dury. It was originally released as a Stiff Records single with ""Razzle in My Pocket"" as the B-side, on 26 August 1977. The song was released under the name ""Ian Dury"" and three members of the Blockheads appear on the record – the song's co-writer and guitarist Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy on bass and drummer Charlie Charles. The song was written by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel in Dury's flat in Oval Mansions, London (nicknamed ""Catshit mansions"" by Dury)"
"site. For many years this remained the only Gentle Giant bootleg and no others appeared before the Compact Disc era. No other bootlegs have since been seen on vinyl. The album achieved such fame, however, that the band decided to adopt the title for their official live double album ""Playing the Fool"" (omitting the final ""e""), released two years later. Despite the sleeve description, the bootleg album is not live and was not recorded during any ""American tour"". Gentle Giant Gentle Giant were an English progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band were known for the complexity"
"the ""Pretty Vacant"" version from July 1976, included on the box set as the first track on disc 2 is in fact the same recording as on the ""Spunk"" album, only with a slightly different mix and added studio chatter from the intro of the January 1977 session. The full list of all missing tracks from the Johnny Rotten era not included on the box set is: None of the post-Johnny Rotten material is included on the box, most of which can be found on ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" soundtrack. It might be worth noting Sid Vicious, while"
"on 25 December 1977. During the children's matinee performed during the day, lead singer Johnny Rotten stepped off stage to act as Father Christmas, while the remaining trio played a set, including among other songs ""Born to Lose"" and ""Chinese Rocks"". Despite having an audio fidelity not much better than the rest of the album, ""My Way"" comes from a studio session in Paris with French session musicians. The remixed version that was released as a single and on ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"" features a different vocal take, an overdubbed guitar solo from Steve Jones and strings, arranged"
"Rock and Roll,"" for MiaSound Records. The song charted for four weeks, peaking at #81 on Billboard. With their newly charted record, The Belmonts and Cannon appeared on ""Solid Gold"" and ""The Mike Douglas Show"" to promote the single. Later in 1981 The Belmonts and Cannon joined forces in New York with Bo Diddley on guitar. Together they recorded the track ""Shake It Sally,"" released in 1982 on the ""Rock 'n Roll Traveling Show"" album (Downtown D-20001). They also had a musical role in H. B. Halicki's 1982 movie ""The Junkman"". In the mid-'80s DiMucci also recorded with a group"
"Silly Thing (song) ""Silly Thing"" is a song by the Sex Pistols that was released in 1979. It was the 3rd single released in promotion of the film ""The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle"". It was written by drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones, and recorded after the band's original lead singer, Johnny Rotten, left the band. Typically, Jones also played bass in the studio, rather than suffer the ineptitude of the band's official bassist, Sid Vicious. Essentially, it's a Cook/Jones recording more than a true band's work. The original version of the song, on which Paul Cook sings"
"Rock and Roll"" (1980), and Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn. Marcus remembered hearing ""Please Please Me"" when it was a regional hit in San Francisco a year earlier and stated: ""for me there was never at the time any connection between the malaise or shock over the assassination and the arrival of the Beatles."" Lewisohn said that no connection was made at the time in the UK, and ""The coincidence only became apparent with hindsight."" In the US, Capitol Records, owned by the band's record company EMI, had for most of the year declined to issue any of the singles. The"
"is generally considered to be the band's best work and is seen as their ""Golden Age."" It was during this period they were first introduced on stage as ""The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World."" The band continued to release commercially successful albums through the 1970s and early 1980s, including ""Some Girls"" (1978) and ""Tattoo You"" (1981), the two best-sellers in their discography. From 1983 to 1987 tensions between Jagger and Richards almost caused the band to split; however, they overcame their differences and rekindled their friendship after a temporary separation to work on solo projects. The Stones"
"Rock and Roll"" in 1981, and the first single taken from the LP was ""Con Botas Sucias"". It achieved moderate success, earning them several coverage from the media after winning a gold record selling certification. To promote the album, Barón Rojo made a tour around Spain. They moved to London for the recording of their second album ""Volumen Brutal"" (1982) on the Kingsway studios, owned by Deep Purple's frontman Ian Gillan. This album was released in two versions: One with the lyrics in Spanish and another sung in English. Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden is credited for helping them with"
"been reproduced in any of the CD editions. Note: The track listing and times have changed throughout the years and the different releases that this album has seen. There are no official instrument credits listed on the album. Playing the Fool Playing the Fool - The Official Live is a live album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1977. It demonstrates the band's complex musicianship and talent as well as showcasing versions of songs which are often greatly modified from the original album versions. The album contains versions of tracks from all of the band's"